The Website Product Management tool is the connection between Blackpurl and your Shopify store. It gives your dealership full control over which inventory part items are synchronised from Blackpurl, including quantities and prices. Orders placed in your Shopify store automatically create a Customer Order in Blackpurl.
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Blackpurl is the source of truth. Any changes made to Blackpurl Part records that are attached to Shopify products are synced across to those Shopify products. Syncing is one-way — changes made directly to your Shopify products are not synced back to Blackpurl Part records.
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The following must be completed before using the Website Product Management tool:

From the Blackpurl header, navigate to Tools > Website Product Management.
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The Website Product Management screen shows which Shopify store Blackpurl is connected to at the top of the page.
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The Poll Website button fetches the latest link status from your Shopify store and displays the results on screen. Use Poll Website only when checking whether any unlinked parts exist — it is not a substitute for refreshing the browser. Do not use Poll Website while products are in the process of syncing, as this breaks the connection momentarily and will log an error.
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The layout of the rest of the page depends on your dealership's current situation:

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The product listing includes the following columns:

The Status column uses the following statuses:

Use the Status: All filter at the top of the list to display only products with a specific status. At least one status must remain selected — you cannot uncheck all statuses at once.
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Use this workflow when you have an existing Shopify store with products already created and you need to link them to Blackpurl parts (Scenario 2).
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1. Filter the list to show only New status products. Click Status: All to open the filter drop-down, then uncheck all statuses except New.
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​2. In the Blackpurl Part column for each product, use the searchable drop-down to find and select the Blackpurl part to link. Click the blue product name under the Website Product heading to open the corresponding Shopify product page if you need help identifying the correct part number.
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3. As soon as a part is added to a line item, that line item turns blue and a bottom bar appears with options to Review & publish changes or Cancel.
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​4. If you do not want to link a product to a Blackpurl part, click the Ignore toggle on that line item. The input field disappears and the line item turns blue. You can also update an existing linked product with a different Blackpurl part to correct a publishing error.
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​5. To delete a product, click the delete icon on the line item. The product will be deleted from your Shopify store. A confirmation message will appear before the deletion is processed.
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​6. If you navigate away from the page after making changes without saving, a warning message appears asking whether you want to leave or stay.
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​7. From the warning:

​8. Click Publish changes to confirm and apply your changes. A confirmation modal appears. If you uncheck all products in the modal, a Discard changes button appears instead.
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​9. After clicking Publish changes or Discard changes, you are returned to the landing page.
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When the product list contains many Shopify store products, use the status filter to narrow the results.
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1. Click Status: All to open the filter selection box. Check or uncheck the relevant statuses to filter the list. At least one status must remain selected. For example, to see only unlinked products, select only the New status filter.
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​2. Active filters are highlighted in dark on the filter bar.
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​3. If no products match the applied filters, the screen displays a message indicating no results were found.
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The Poll Website feature searches your Shopify store for the latest product link status results and displays them on screen.
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Warning: Do not use Poll Website while products are in the process of syncing. This breaks the connection momentarily and will cause an error to be logged. Your page will be obscured during the polling process and you will not be able to perform other actions until it completes.
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1. Click the Poll Website button. A confirmation message appears.
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​2. Click Yes, proceed to start the poll. You will not be able to perform other actions until the sync process is complete. Depending on the number of unlinked (new) parts, this process may take some time. Two status messages will appear one after the other with a fade in / fade out animation until the update is complete.
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Use this workflow to create new Shopify products from existing Blackpurl parts and publish them to your Shopify store.
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1. Click Create products from the Website Product Management landing page.
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​2. A new modal window opens displaying all Blackpurl parts in list form. Part names are hyperlinked and open the relevant part record. Search and filter options are available:

When a filter is active, it is highlighted in dark. If only one filter is applied in a category, the filter name displays next to the category label (for example, "Vendors: BRP Customer Test"). When more than one filter is applied in a category, the count displays instead of the name.
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​3. Select the parts you want to create as products and click Create products from selected. When working with large result sets, entries load in defined batches. If you select all using the bulk checkbox at the top, the action applies to the total number of results across all pages. Use the Top button at the bottom right of the screen to return to the top of the list.
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​4. In the Product title field, the original part description is pre-filled by default. Edit the product title if you want it to display differently in your Shopify store. If the product title field is blank for any part, the Publish products button will remain inactive (shown in faded green) until all titles are filled in.
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​5. Choose how to publish the products:

6. If you navigate away from the page without saving, a warning message appears asking whether you want to leave or stay. Click Cancel to return to the modal with your selections intact, or click Save to publish the changes.
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​7. After clicking Publish products, you are redirected to the landing page. New products initially show a Syncing status. Once successfully linked, they change to Linked status. Products that could not be linked show an Error status.
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Use this workflow to create a single Shopify product with multiple variants — for example, a T-shirt available in different sizes or colours where each size/colour is a separate Blackpurl part.
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1. Click Create product with variant from the Website Product Management landing page.
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​2. A new modal window opens displaying all Blackpurl parts in sequence. Search and filter options are available:

​3. Select all parts that will be added as variants of the single product, then click Combine as variants.
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​4. A single product is created with one Product name field. Enter the product name — this is what your customers will see when shopping in your store.
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5. Click Add option to create and assign options to each product variant.
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​6. A modal window opens for adding option details:

​7. The modal updates to show the Option name at the top and a drop-down for each part line item where you can select the corresponding value. You can add multiple option names to a single product (for example, both Size and Colour). Once at least one option has been added, the Add option button changes to Add & manage options.
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​8. Select the option values for each part and click Save variants. This creates a new product with multiple variants in your Shopify store.
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Use this workflow to add new variants to a product that is already linked in your Shopify store.
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1. From the Website Product Management home screen, click the Create & manage variant icon next to the product you want to update. This icon is only available for products with a Linked status.
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​2. A modal window opens showing the existing variants for that product. Click Add variant to add a new variant.
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3. Search for the part to add as a variant, select it, and click Combine as variants.
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​4. After the parts are added as variants, create new options and/or option values and assign those values to the new parts to proceed. Alternatively, delete the new parts to proceed without adding them.
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​5. After creating and assigning new option values, click Save variants to apply the changes.
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Use this workflow to add new option names (such as an additional attribute like Colour when Size already exists) to a product that is already linked in your Shopify store.
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1. From the Website Product Management home screen, click the Create & manage variant icon next to the product you want to update. This icon is only available for products with a Linked status.
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​2. A modal window opens showing the existing variants. Click Add & manage options to add a new option name.
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​3. A modal opens for adding the new option. Enter the new Option name and its Values, then save. Adding a new option changes the available values in the drop-downs — for example, if Size (S, M) and Colour (Black, Red) are both defined, the combined values become "S, Black", "S, Red", "M, Black", "M, Red", and so on. You can add a maximum of 3 option names. Existing options can be edited or deleted.
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​4. After saving the new option, you are returned to the variant modal. Red error boxes appear because the previous option values are no longer valid — the parts need to be linked again with the new combined values. Previous option values are shown in a disabled state.
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​5. Select the new option values for each part from the drop-downs. Once a value has been assigned to one part, it is disabled in the drop-downs for other parts to prevent duplicate assignments.
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When variants have been defined for a part, they are visible directly from the Blackpurl Part record.
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1. Open the Blackpurl Part record for the relevant part. Any defined variants are listed within the record.
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​2. Click Manage variants to open the variants screen, which displays all variants attached to that part for review and management.
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